bureaucracy = hypocrisy

you’ve got the right poise 

for an analyst 

the correct tone of voice 

for a panellist 

a drill Sargent smile 

to camouflage denial,

starch stiff suits,

the ability to convolute

the most benign of answers, 

just enough cheek

to sell your double speak

party politics, 

vampire bats

Poisson Chat 

suckling the tit

of the fake aristocrat,

“Madam speaker you’ve got 

to give this man some slack

so he can hang himself

with the rope of no hope

he dangled in front of us

when he stole the keys

to number 10”

bureaucracy = hypocrisy

the same old story 

happening 

over and over

and over

again